Welcome to the Southern Cameras website.We are Dunedin's Independent Camera & Sport Optic Specialists. Here you will find cameras & lenses from Canon, Pentax, Nikon, Sigma, Olympus and Fujifilm, plus Binoculars from Pentax, as well as Telescopes from Skywatcher, Meade and Celestron, and Sporting Optics from Zeiss and Swarovski
September 1st
We have added a new category today, with Spring now here and the days getting longer, projects might start to be looked at, well today we can get you a summer project underway with Parts to build newtonian Relector telescopes. We have Primary and secondary mirrors, collimators, Focusers as well.. primary mirrors from 6" upto 16" check it out here
August 26th
news from Canon land... Today Canon took the covers off the much rumoured EOS 60D.. 18mp, 1080p HD video with manual overrides, and a VGA 3" Vari Angle LCD Screen,... prices no word yet, availabilty no word yet.. but check back for updates!!
Canon have also revealed a swag of new glass.. covering everything from fisheye to super-telephoto lengths...
August 25th
 Stargzers.... We can now source some new toys.... we can get some beautiful Ritchey-Chretien OTA's.. Starting with an 8" RC, these feature all quartz mirrors.. yes both the primary and secondary mirrors are Quartz, CARBON FIBRE tubes, and a 2" Linear Bearing Focusser, Top and bottom Mount rails.. We will get more info soon.. but the big one price, all that Carbon Fibre RC goodness isnt $5k, not even close... try $1999!!!!
August 25th
The Pre-photokina news keeps on rolling today, Sony have announced 4 new D-SLR bodies, 3 new lenses.
The 4 new bodies, the Alpha SLT A33 & A55 have fixed transmissive mirrors allowing full time Phase detection AF, upto 10 frames per second capture rates among the major new details, main differences are the A33 uses a new 14.2mp CMOS sensor and the A55 uses a totally new 16.2mp CMOS unit
The other new bodies are the A560 and A580,  both use the same 14.2 & 16.2mp CMOS sensors of the A33 & A55, but dont have the fixed light transmissive mirrors, relying on more traditional mirror set ups and slower frame rats of upto 7fps (though that is faster than some more expensive models)
The Major news across all 4 new bodies is the inclusion of full 1080 HD movie recording.
August 20th
 Nikon have announced several new products.. The first is the replacement for the D3000 D-SLR, the new D3100. The D3100 is more than a quick update to the D3000, Nikon have gutted the internals of the D3000 shell and totally replaced them, starting with a new Nikon designed CMOS sensor, EXPEED 2, new 3" LCD screen, but the biggest addition is D-Movie, and the ability to record full 1080p HD movies with full time continuous AF!
Along with the D3100, Nikon have announced several  new lenses including the new AF-S DV 55-300mm f4.5-5.6 ED VR, this lens will complement the 18-55mm VR lens that is standard, and provide a longer telephoto lens than the current 55-200mm VR lens.
Click on the pics for more info
August 10
Just arrived and unboxed instore is the Sony Alpha A390... the replacement for the A380, the A390 still has the articulated screen, quick AF live view system, but has been give an slightly redesigned body and other improvements inside... and a great price... $1099!
Also new into store is a great christmas idea, Nikon's Coolpix L20, a stylish little compact camera with 10 megapixels, 3.6x Optical zoom. 3.0" LCD, AA batteries, 2GB SD card.. price $179
July 28th
Hot on the heels of Canon's price drops, Olympus have announced a round of price adjustments... with several models having prices lowered, The Pen E-PL1 has been reduced with the twin zoom lens kit now an awesome $1299!!! and then SP-600 ultra zoom compact now even better value at $399!
July 27th
Ok, we got great news today from Canon.... Pricing on the EOS 1000D, 550D & 7D have DROPPED!! Petrol, food and most other things are going up, but that Canon D-SLR goodness is comming down!
July 15th
Ok, I know we have been teasing about new things, well we now have a Pro gear section that will have all the coolest things that a pro or serious photographer will want... Digital backs for medium format, large format printers from HP and other goodies...
Friday July 8
News from the states and Bloomberg has reveald nikon are working on an EVIL camera system, all the report has from an interview with one of the head guys at Nikon is that they hope to have the system ready 2011 or maybe even late 2010... Stay tuned for info click the link here for the bloomberg report...
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